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PATENTED MAY 5, 1903.

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JOHN SKELTON, OF BARNUM, MINNESOTA.

STAKE-HOLDER RELEASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,009,'dated May 5,1903.

Application filed August 29, 1902. $erial No. 121,459. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN SKELTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Barnum,

in the county of Carlton and State of Minnesota, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Stake-Holder Releases, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relatesto improvementsin stakeholder-releasing means, itsobject being to provide means for so holding the retaining-stakes offiat-cars and logging-cars that the bottoms of all the stakes can bereleased when desired to allow logs to roll off the side of the car.

To this end my invention consists in the features of construction andcombination hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a partial side elevation of part of a fiat-car embodying myfeatures of invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the stake-holderaud'releasing means. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the side sill ofthe car in section.

Fig. 4 is a plan view, and Fig. 5 is a section on line a; a: of Fig. 2with the parts in unlocked position.

In the drawings, A- represents the side sill of the car.

B represents the stake-holder, secured by bolts 2 to the side sill ofthe car and provided with an inwardly-projecting wing 3, secured bybolts 4 to the floor of the car. The stakeholder is formed with acentral stake-opening 5, having its front side open. Supported upon thevertical pivot 6 in the holder at one side of the opening 5 is the latch7. Having rotatable support in the holder at the opposite side of theopening is a vertical shaft 8, carrying at its upper end an eccentriccam 9. The free end of the latch'7 is formed with a curved groove 10 toreceive the curved side of the cam 9, as shown in Fig. 4,to hold thelatch in locked position. When the shaft 8 is turned to bring the fiatside of the cam toward the free end of the latch, the latch will be freeto turn into open position, as illustrated in Fig. 5.

The lower end of the shaft 8 is connected by the lever-arm 11 and link12 with a clamp 13, secured upon the rod 14. The rod 14 isslidably'snpported underneath the side of the car, as shown in Fig. 1.

15 represents an actuating-lever for the rod 14, having pivotal support16 upon the side sill of the car and projecting downwardly between thepins 17, carried by the rod 14. A series of similarstake-holders areintended to be provided for the different stakes and to havetheir'releasing means similarly connected with the rod 14.

In operation when it is desired to unload the car the handle 15 isactuated to release the latches 7 through the medium of the rod 14 andconnected mechanism. The weight of the logs against the stakes willforce their lower ends out of the stake-holders, allowing the logs toroll 0% the side of the car.

Having now described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination, a stake-holder having one side open, a pivoted latchnormally closing the open side of said holder, and a rota-- table camworking in connection with the free end of said latch.

2. In combination, a stake-holder provided with an open side, a pivotedlatch normally closing theopen side of said holder, a locking-cam'forsaid latch, an actuating-rod, and a connection between said cam and rod.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN. SKELTON.

Witnesses:

H. S. JOHNSON, THERESA KANE.

